Sustainable renewable feedstocks by regrowing, recapturing, and recycling CO2
To effectively address climate change and achieve global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reductions, the continuous introduction of fossil carbon from the ground into our system must be reduced as rapidly and extensively as possible. It is therefore necessary to avoid or substitute the use of any additional fossil carbon from the geosphere with sustainable renewable carbon sources: sources that can be regrown from components of the biosphere, recaptured from CO2 emitted into the atmosphere or recycled from materials made from the technosphere. With the aim of accelerating the use of sustainable and renewable feedstocks to develop more environmentally friendly, natural and circular products, Syensqo's comprehensive carbon management strategy covers all sources of renewable carbon.
Creating sustainable renewable carbon for our customers
Syensqo is not only working on renewable carbon but also on fully understanding what sustainable renewable carbon really means from the origin of the raw material, throughout its manufacturing process, and to the end of its life. We use the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA methodology) as a compass to monitor the environmental impact of our feedstock alternatives. This allows us to consider the sustainability performance of our solutions in a holistically and mitigate any impact transfer.
Syensqo's initiatives to accelerate the development of renewable carbon-based products
Bio- and recycled-based solutions
Syensqo's bio- and recycling solutions portfolio consists of products such as Rhovanil® Natural, a natural alternative to synthetic vanillin, and Naternal™, a series of native, nonionic, cationic and hydroxypropyl-modified natural guar polymers derived from renewable resources. Amodel® Bios is our new partially bio-sourced long-chain PPA made from non-food competing biomass and produced using 100% renewable electricity. As we continue to increase the sustainable value of our materials through the implementation of innovative technology, we have developed a new recycling-based Omnix® HPPA with a minimum of 33% recycled content.
Sustainability without compromising on performance
Bio-based products derived from renewable raw materials and recycling-based plastics represent a concrete solution toward a more sustainable economy. They are also internationally recognized areas with high potential for future growth. Syensqo believes in Sustainability without Compromising on Performance and is therefore committed to working on new bio- and recycling-based products for use in a variety of different applications (smart devices, automotive, home appliances, etc).
A bio-based product lifecycle is the foundation of the bioeconomy
Biobased products are derived from renewable agricultural, marine, and forestry materials. There are a lot of advantages to using bio-based materials that have a reduced environmental impact and scale-down energy use. Syensqo is already a market leader in some bio-based products, including guar, bio-sourced solvents, and natural vanillin, the latter of which is enabled by biotechnology.
Recycling-based solutions
We are actively leveraging processes developed for the chemical recycling of high-volume commodity plastics to source key monomers and introduce recycled content into our polymers and have a growing number of high-performance polymers with recycled content.
